Chile's SQM to pay 37.994 ct/shr dividend in 2008

SANTIAGO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Chile’s Soquimich, the world’s top lithium and iodine producer, said on Wednesday it would pay a provisional dividend of 37.994 cents per share in 2008.

Soquimich SQM_pb.SN SQMa.SN SQM.N, a Chilean fertilizer, lithium and iodine producer, said on Tuesday its profit for the January-September period nearly tripled to $381 million. (Reporting by Antonio de la Jara, editing by Gerald E. McCormick)